Links for Coffey County, Kansas

DISTRICT COURT

Coffey County District Court Records

http://www.kscourts.org/dstcts/4coco.htm

Home page of the 4th District Court Records

Coffey County Marriage Records...[index]

http://www.kscourts.org/dstcts/4comarec.htm

Complete index of the marriage records of Coffey County, Kansas. It gives a date, as well as book and page number of the record. The site also provides information about where to send to get a copy of your specific record, and the costs involved. This is so great. I had fun playing with people that I already had information on, I can't wait to try it with some new search!!!

Coffey County Probate Records...[index]

http://www.kscourts.org/dstcts/4coprrec.htm

Complete index of the probate records of Coffey County, Kansas. It gives a date, as well as book and page number of the record. The site also provides information about where to send to get a copy of your specific record, and the costs involved. I think that this is going to be a big help. Scanning through, I found entries of probating out-of-state wills, which I believe will be helpful in tracking where people came and went from.

Coffey County Kansas Migrations

http://www.horsethieves.com/migrations/kscoff/htm

There were only 12 Coffey County, Kansas connections as of 10/31/01 but I had fun looking through the various parts of the site. This site has potential.

Kansas Genealogy Links

http://skyways.lib.ks.us/genweb/kslinks/index.html

Kansas GenWeb's official Kansas Genealogy Links page. There is a nice, easy, index that allows you to pick and choose the areas that you want to find more links about.

Coffey County Map, 1878

http://skyways.lib.ks.us/genweb/archives/1878/images/coffey.jpg

This map shows the township and range grids. The individual townships, such as Liberty, are clearly indicated and shaded in various colors. Major communities depicted are: Bangor, Burlington, Ottumwa, Strawn, Leroy. Other communities are: Barry, Star, Avon, Lebo Creek, Key West, Eclipse, Corona, Agricola, Waverly, Bancroft, Martindale.

Coffey County Map, 1883

http://history.cc.ku.edu/carrie/kancoll/graphics/maps/coffey.htm from William G. Cutler's, History of the State of Kansas, pub. 1883 by A. T. Andreas, Chicago, Illinois.

This map shows the township and range grids. The individual townships, such as California, are clearly labeled. Major communities depicted are: Bangor, Leroy, Burlington, Strawn, Ottumwa. Other communites shown include: Key West, Eclipse, Corona, Agricola, Waverly, Hall's Summit, Section, Lebo Creek, Martindale, Avon, Barry, Star.
This map is before Lebo and Gridley were ever towns!!

Coffey County, Kansas, 1895

http://www.livgenmi.com/coffeyKS.htm

This is the map of Coffey County from the 1895 U.S. Atlas. Other counties are available from this site. Kong, Patmos, Crotty, Crandall, Kyle, Sharpe, Agricola and other towns are located on this map. A really neat map of Coffey County.

State of Kansas, 1910

http://history.cc.ku.edu/carrie/kancoll/graphics/maps/bigks.htm "Large, scrollable map of the state of Kansas, c. 1910"

A really beautiful map of the state of Kansas. The counties are in various shades of color and it is appealling to the eye.

1883 List of Pensioners -- Coffey County.

This is a text file of the pensioners/widows of Coffey County, Kansas living here in 1883.
http://skyways.lib.ks.us/genweb/archives/coffey/military/1883.txt

Members of 12th Kansas Volunteer Infantry, Company K

Collection Kansas Newspapers,

held by the Kansas State Historical Society.

http://kuhttp.cc.ku.edu/carrie/kancoll/biblio/newspapers/news.coffey.html

This is the index of microfilmed newspapers at the KSHS, specifically, those of Coffey County, Kansas. The KSHS does loan the microfilms through the interlibrary loan program.

Coffey County Republican,